[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Jay Weigel]

My former parish in Tennessee very occasionally served alcohol, usually
only on special occasions. There were always numerous alternatives
available, and no one EVER spiked the punch. That would not have gone over
well. The biggest uproar occurred when the priest (the one who caused me to
leave that parish) decided unilaterally that all coffee served should be of
the decaffeinated variety. This did not go over well at all, either with
much of the congregation or with the hospitality committee. He pushed it.
Attendance at coffee hour went down dramatically. I don't know what
happened after that, because I left shortly after.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Charles Wohlers
> <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> > This has not been my experience at all. In the 30 years I spent in my
> parish
> > in Mass., there was never any alcohol at church events, and I don't
> recall
> > it ever being an issue. Same with other parishes I've belonged to or had
> > contact with. These are all in New England, so that may be the
> difference.
> > Lee confirms that in some places alcohol is common and a problem, but in
> > most church events we're familiar with (again, in New England) there is
> > little or no alcohol.
>
> Seems reasonable to me that a church could be alcohol-free (yes, I
> know there's alcohol in Communion wine; I'm talking beverages by the
> glass). I don't think anyone would feel their rights are being
> violated if a church didn't have alcoholic beverages available at any
> given function. Those who must have alcohol can certainly go elsewhere
> for that after the event.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>